Useful list of various rule sets for galley warfare.
My own are progressing. Still.
Monday, 14 April 2014
Thursday, 6 March 2014
New 1/300 Rules. NAVARCHUS
Richard Evers. a Dutch wargamer and Author from club Militia Brabantia has published new rules for 1/300 galley warfare.
The rules are for larger models than I have now decided in favour of and thus are for skirmishes and smaller actions as are Eric Hotz's.
They use Bacchus miniatures and seem to be sponsored by this company which produces a wide range of suitable miniatures.
As he states, he loves the idea of manoeouvre between galleys and the move is suimultaneous, using templates to simulate the capabilities of ancient galleys.
Here is the link to get a taste of the rules online and buy them.
They can be purchased in b/w or colour and a template set is available seperately.
It is interesting for me to see a set with movement templates when I have myself spent a lot of effort to develop templates for use with models but decided at last that they were unecessary and they went onto a darkly smoking acetate funeral pyre with few tears shed over them.
MILITIA BRABANTIA
The cost is v. reasonable for the b/w set and goes against the current terrible trend for expensive rules full of unnecessary colour fotos but if you like the fotos you can choose to pay more and get them.
I may buy them and review them but I have gone through a process of deciding that this scale is not for me. It is great for deck fighting in detail and skirmishes but does not allow a real fleet action in my opinion. I also think that simultaneous movement is actually unrealistic for sailing / rowing actions..but that does not stop it making a good game.
I think the customised Hotz ships he uses look great for these battles.I am also in favour of NO HEXES !..great.
I hope these rules raise some more interest for galley warfare. !!
The rules are for larger models than I have now decided in favour of and thus are for skirmishes and smaller actions as are Eric Hotz's.
They use Bacchus miniatures and seem to be sponsored by this company which produces a wide range of suitable miniatures.
As he states, he loves the idea of manoeouvre between galleys and the move is suimultaneous, using templates to simulate the capabilities of ancient galleys.
Here is the link to get a taste of the rules online and buy them.
They can be purchased in b/w or colour and a template set is available seperately.
It is interesting for me to see a set with movement templates when I have myself spent a lot of effort to develop templates for use with models but decided at last that they were unecessary and they went onto a darkly smoking acetate funeral pyre with few tears shed over them.
MILITIA BRABANTIA
The cost is v. reasonable for the b/w set and goes against the current terrible trend for expensive rules full of unnecessary colour fotos but if you like the fotos you can choose to pay more and get them.
I may buy them and review them but I have gone through a process of deciding that this scale is not for me. It is great for deck fighting in detail and skirmishes but does not allow a real fleet action in my opinion. I also think that simultaneous movement is actually unrealistic for sailing / rowing actions..but that does not stop it making a good game.
I think the customised Hotz ships he uses look great for these battles.I am also in favour of NO HEXES !..great.
I hope these rules raise some more interest for galley warfare. !!
Thursday, 9 January 2014
FREE GAME
My periplus of the web came across this item of interest.
A free game posted by a game-development student.
It is abstract and I assume played on a chess/draughts board but may amuse. Some ship markers from Trireme or Fleet of Battle could be used as counters. Enjoy crunching the enemy.
A free game posted by a game-development student.
It is abstract and I assume played on a chess/draughts board but may amuse. Some ship markers from Trireme or Fleet of Battle could be used as counters. Enjoy crunching the enemy.
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Now I understand
Osprey sent round an email touting for business before Christmas.
It links into a current item they have about titles of books people would like to read.(read=buy).
Reading the text - which I past here and link to HERE. it becomes apparent why so many Osprey titles are ..shall we say, 'not very good'.
Osprey STARTS with a title. STARTS with the marketing. This is exactly the opposite of academic publishers or heavyweight publishers with a name to protect.
It also explains how a pool of wannabe authors has been created. and a niche for this kind of writing. They are not driven by initial interest for their subject but are effectively wrting extended illustrated essays. Many many people could do this task equally well or better. From their own material we can see that it is silly to expect anything more from Osprey. Mea culpa.
'All of this information really comes into play when we gather the entire Sales, Marketing and Editorial teams for our regular "Hitlist" meeting. This is the meeting where each team pitch for the titles that we would like to see commissioned for publication in the future - which is fueled by list suggestions from the book votes and book suggestions alongside suggested titles from established authors and submissions from new authors. 'After this meeting the hard work then starts - finding authors and illustrators for some subjects can be a challenge, and even if we do have a crack team of contributors, some subjects are so difficult to uncover suitable images / references for that we simply cannot fit the book into our series style. Then the Sales and Marketing team need to look into the sales potential for the book, contacting our key customers and sales reps to get their feedback, before submitting proposed sales predictions and working out whether the book is a viable business prospect. If all the signs are good... the book gets commissioned.'
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It links into a current item they have about titles of books people would like to read.(read=buy).
Reading the text - which I past here and link to HERE. it becomes apparent why so many Osprey titles are ..shall we say, 'not very good'.
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| Fishing for something to sell |
It also explains how a pool of wannabe authors has been created. and a niche for this kind of writing. They are not driven by initial interest for their subject but are effectively wrting extended illustrated essays. Many many people could do this task equally well or better. From their own material we can see that it is silly to expect anything more from Osprey. Mea culpa.
'All of this information really comes into play when we gather the entire Sales, Marketing and Editorial teams for our regular "Hitlist" meeting. This is the meeting where each team pitch for the titles that we would like to see commissioned for publication in the future - which is fueled by list suggestions from the book votes and book suggestions alongside suggested titles from established authors and submissions from new authors. 'After this meeting the hard work then starts - finding authors and illustrators for some subjects can be a challenge, and even if we do have a crack team of contributors, some subjects are so difficult to uncover suitable images / references for that we simply cannot fit the book into our series style. Then the Sales and Marketing team need to look into the sales potential for the book, contacting our key customers and sales reps to get their feedback, before submitting proposed sales predictions and working out whether the book is a viable business prospect. If all the signs are good... the book gets commissioned.'
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
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